Abstract
Robinson, W.M., McMillan, I.K.R., and Johnson, A. M. (1973). Thorax, 529-532. Saccular aneurysm caused by bacterial endocarditis in a syphilitic aorta. The rapid development of a saccular aneurysm during successfully treated bacterial endocarditis, in an ascending aorta previously affected by syphilis which had been treated with adequate chemotherapy 15 years previously, is described. Although bacterial endocarditis does occasionally complicate syphilitic aortic valve disease, the literature does not contain any report of resulting aneurysm development. The investigation and successful surgical treatment of the case are described.
Full text
PDF
Images in this article
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- ACEVES S., ELIZALDE A., GONZALEZ LUNA M. Endocarditis bacteriana desarrollada sobre aortitis sifilítica. Arch Inst Cardiol Mex. 1957 May-Jun;27(3):231–263. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- CARLSSON J., STERNBY N. H. AORTIC ANEURYSMS. Acta Chir Scand. 1964 May;127:466–473. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- HEGGTVEIT H. A. SYPHILITIC AORTITIS. A CLINICOPATHOLOGIC AUTOPSY STUDY OF 100 CASES, 1950 TO 1960. Circulation. 1964 Mar;29:346–355. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.29.3.346. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- MACFARLANE W. V., SWAN W. G., IRVINE R. E. Cardiovascular disease in syphilis; a review of 1,330 patients. Br Med J. 1956 Apr 14;1(4971):827–832. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.4971.827. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- MCCANN J. S., PORTER D. C. Calcification of the aorta as an aid to the diagnosis of syphilis. Br Med J. 1956 Apr 14;1(4971):826–827. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.4971.826. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- ROBERTS B., DANIELSON G., BLAKEMORE W. S. Aortic aneurysm; report of 101 cases. Circulation. 1957 Apr;15(4):483–491. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.15.4.483. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]